Background

Prof. Dr. Albert-László Barabasi, Ph.D. serves as distinguished Professor of the Northeastern University ZCentre for Network Science. Prof. Dr. Barabasi served as the Emil T. Hofman Professor of Physics of University of Notre Dame., where he directed research on complex networks. Prof. Dr. Barabasi professional interests cover a broad spectrum of areas including metabolic and other cellular networks, the topology of the World Wide Web and the statistical mechanics of ... complex networks. His seminal and varied contributions have been featured and acclaimed in the media. Prof. Dr. Barabasi worked with the IBM T J Watson Research Center prior to joining Notre Dame in 1995. He serves as a Director of the Northeastern University ZCentre for Network Science. He serves as Member of Technical Advisory Board of Spoke Software, Inc. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Sociocast Networks LLC and Activate Networks Inc. He is the author of Linked - The New Science of Networks. Prof. Dr. Barabasi has won several awards including the ONR Yong Investigator Award, the NSF Career Award and fellowships from the Soros Fund, European Community and the Cel Foundation. Prof. Dr. Barabasi is an associate member of the center of cancer systems biology at the dana farber cancer institute, harvard university as well as recipient of the febs anniversary prize for systems biology and the john von neumann medal by the john von neumann computer society. He is best known for his concept of scale free networks, the barbasi-albert model as they pertain to natural, technological and social systems. Prof. Dr. Barabasi holds BS in Physics and Engineering from University of Bucharest, M.S. in Physics from Eötvös Loránd University, and PhD in Physics from Boston University.

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